Several of crew were killed. Google search Lancaster ME323 to find more. He was a TEC 5 and died in a plane crash, Killed On Duty but Not In Battle, in England on that date. Mostly concerned with the site of the pilot who died, Lt. Earl H. Bond, Did you find out about crash site?never heard of this onepaul. I think he crashed in chorley . The website has a good list of links to other websites. Roger. Id have loved that as a kid. Flights MZ633 and N1687 collided mid air during unauthorised flying formation. This question has been asked on-line before (not at this site) but I have not seen a response or answer. The Dunbeath air crash involved the loss of a Short S.25 Sunderland Mk. I can find no reports of any crashes here. When the stations crash crew appeared at the site they found the remains of a No.12 Squadron Lancaster scattered over the ground and among the wreckage, the bodies of its seven crew. I also was wondering reading your query whether the MOD in declining your application might advise what information they have? that particulair night. We only wish to map the site and dig a series of 1mx1mx1m test pits. August 21, 2016 at 11:03 pm. Or maybe as a general enquiry, ask someone here at the Coroners Society. Two Polish pilots on a flying exercise, long after taking off from Usworth, near Sunderland, flew through the cloud and hit the south end of Slight Side near Scafell. Cheshire. Use the slider or your mouse scroll wheel to zoom in and out. It is not unlikely as there were a number of aircraft which crashed taking off and landing at RAF Cranage. Anyone have any details? It was N. of the Halstead- Badgers Mount roundabout road and east of Station Road. My aunt, W.H Pinfolds sister and I have search for years My Uncle Bill continue as a trainer for navigators, although he had an artificial leg, for the duration of the war. But there seems to be some doubt about this Wittering crash. On September 2, 1945, the last day of the war, a USMC Grumman F6F-5 crashed in Death Valley. Unfortunately, my father passed away two years ago so Im unable to check whether this was the crash to which he was referring. Thanks for adding that Joe. During the war a stricken plane was coming in to land at Parham Suffolk and crashed just short of the runway. He did a lot of coppicing in that area and had woodland in Halstead. A pair of dog walkers stumbled across the wreckage of a WWII RAF fighter plane - hidden under the sands on the beach where it crashed 76 years ago. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Your email address will not be published. Both Halstead pubs shut. I would appreciate any information which might help me in my search. Do you know what they did with them? But there is more out there about this if you want to look for it. You state you have a fair amount of material re your crash would that include a pic of the crash site ? Best of luck in your research. I believe my great uncle John Ernest Hindmarch was on this flight and I have been trying to find out a little more background info to pass on to the Washington History Society with his RAF Photograph. I was told that the aircraft were Barracudas. Hoxne and Park Farm on Ordnance Survey mapping. However, in other cases, a local historian may hear of a crash, "that happened sometime during World War II ", and is trying to learn . Pilot Fl.Lt. heres the link. A He-111 on the borders of Sweden with Norway Sweden . Sqn (RAF) / Avro Lancaster Mk. This site only details air crash sites in England and Wales, you may be better off asking the site admin for air crash sites scotland. Once the process is complete, a link to the document entitled 'Printout' will be displayed. People who have read it found it quite amusing. Sarah. I will check the B24 web site and see what I can find. Not sure I can provide an answer, maybe someone else on here might be able to? Hi Joe, excited to hear you know John Hargreaves daughter. 1 of 12. Note also that the entry from the 457 Bomb Group Assn states that the aircraft broke up with bits falling in the fields near Glatton. Crash Sites Avro Lancaster. Lancaster NE132 near Harlech. Im very careful when I dig . If ever this way look us up. Any info gratefully received. Good luck to you all in your searches. already, no pictures. Im doing some research for a family friend who is the daughter of John William Hargreaves (one of your dads crew) at the time of the incident in Denmark. I believe it was an Oxford I. I would guess as he had the DFM he was on his 2nd tour. As far as I know (although Im no expert by any means) the nearest fighter operational bases near us were Kings Cliffe, Wittering and Ingham..Saying that it is possible some bomber bases had fighter squadrons as well. Alternatively I could sent it to you via WhatsApp &/or give you a bell if that works for you? Did you obtain these from any particular source? Ian. Note that source, the 457th Bomb Group Association, mentions there being 4 survivors not 3. All military aircraft crash sites in the United Kingdom, its territorial waters, or British aircraft in international waters, are controlled by the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986. . Sqn. Lancaster 2 LL683 of 514 Sqn crashed out of fuel just west of Sawbridgeworth airfield on 31/3/44. III that crashed in the Scottish Highlands on a headland known as Eagle's Rock ( Scottish Gaelic: Creag na h-Iolaire) near Dunbeath, Caithness, on 25 August 1942. The Lost King (12A) (Drama/History) is showing in Stanhoe on Friday 27 January at 7.30 pm. I am going to the American Cemetery at Madingley this coming weekend and I hope they may be able to suggest where they might be obtained. school Now. regards Bill, Hi again Steve Done a bit more checking and the only place I can find with info is peakdistrictaircrashes and the reference to Robert takes some finding but it is there. We have reached out to the engineers family son who has stories to tell of that fated flight which his father relayed to him. Thank you again. Interesting to read that Sandy. Each time we retrieved these items they were handed to the landowner who was aware of the crash site. It was a Canadian pilot Derrick, thank you for your reply. My Uncle Jack Anderson, who was a TEC 5 appears to have died in that same crash. The recollections of some of the farm workers who worked on the farm at the time of the crash were that the plane crashed on a Saturday lunchtime just as they were finishing work, 29/04/1944 was a Saturday. Do you know where it may be currently? It was called Operation Gisela, lots of aircraft were shot down that night, with some of the last Luftwaffe Junkers 88s crossing the North Sea to wait for RAF bombers returning to base from their attacks on German targets. Aside from this that particulair night. Hi David, I will take a look when get chance (busy this weekend) but will get back to you in a couple of days, see if I can find anything that might jog your memory! I have walked past it a few years ago so its also close to a public right of way. My aunt was active in Knockholt WI. Hi can anyone give me information on Russell Charles Denny ? I would be very grateful if you have the time to look up the crash at Walcott when you go to the Forum,I do have pics of the B24 [Alfred 11] of Reed and all his crew, 8 ejected over Beccles and the co pilot over Ingham. Will have a look at what I have and let you know if I find anything James. Hi Sandy, Hi Barry, many thanks for getting in touch .. delighted to make your acquaintance. -Theo Boiten Nachtjagd War Diaries book. I believe(?) Thank you for responding to my enquires. Have found following info: https://b17flyingfortress.de/en/b17/43-38919/, This is a british site and the link has a photo of the aircraft in question. Appledram Arlington (Hailsham) Ashdown Forest . Spitfire K4164, flown by Polish Pilot Officer Roman Suwalski, crashed in Bees Nursery, Chester on 26th Jan 1942 due to mid-air collision, thought to be in bad visibility. Im Terry Rafter from Australia. Is this site known to you and do you have any further information? 2 Killed Including Russell Charles Denny from Western Australia. On October 17th 1940 a wellington bomber returning from a raid on the Kiel canal ran out of fuel. Do you know if there was more than one plane that went down there? By: Pete Truman - 4th January 2006 at 09:28 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00 The imperial war museum in London may be able to help. Remains of a machine gun from Messerschmitt Bf 109 Werknummer 7463, shot down by anti-aircraft fire on 7 February 1942. i remember during the war, a welington , orlancaster , crashing into houses on wold rd hull, the pilot was a corpaeral, aparantly he didnt pass ro be a pilot, and this night , he took the lane up , on his own, my father was a fire man , off duty, but he was the first to turn off the gas in the houses , and get the pilot out unfortunatly he was dead, , when the fire engine arrived, the cheef balled my father out for not waiting, i remember it all so well, i am now 88, i lived at 360 wld rd nearly oposit, the plane was from leckonfield. All 8 occupants killed. The pilot was in turn shot down over the channel but was picked up off the German coast. Runway is approx 1km south east of that point. Any news appreciated. Thanks Richard will make enqs re the book you mention. Museum may be able to help http://www.parhamairfieldmuseum.co.uk/, pictures of that crash here As they got there, the fuel eventually ran out. Great memories of playing in the Spitfire at Hooton. The crash was at Blewbury Hill Didcot. Showing images tagged with WW2 Aircraft Crash Site tag. I just replied to Mike above, and I would gladly pose those same questions to you. Im not the William Hughes from Ticknall hes an imposter pinched my ID. My wife and I travelled to Denmark in 2018 and I found the field where my dad crashed, the farm where they sheltered for the night and the Ulfborg jail where they were taken after capture. He had so many stories about growing up there. Was Flight Sergeant Denny a relative? 1. 115. Their identities have not been revealed but Flightaware . Jan. 7, 2023 at 3:05 pm Updated Jan. 7, 2023 at 9:00 pm. 08 . Watch, learn. Ian. Has crew list and an account of the crash. Any information will be gratefull received. The crash site was close to Lampeter, Mid Wales. Excluding the well-known Liberator crash in Chichester,West Sussex- if anyone out there has any data on a possible WW2 crash-site in the Fishbourne area, on farmland just outside the village, would like to know. C-49j military cargo plane. Through a Danish WW2 history buff I found the location of the farmers field where the crew crash landed. This is more about local history than anything else, as an ancestor of mine , name of Atkins, was The parents of the crew had a wooden church built on the crash site. now, My Uncle William Pinfold was involved in an aircrash after taking off from RAF Harwell where he lost a leg. The five Australians were buried in the Cambridge City Cemetery and the other two were taken to their home towns. Connors killed, aircraft written off. The details you have provided dont match anything in The Mighty eighth War Diary book. I would most especially love to know the names of the three survivors, though they may be gone now. I am unsure as to quite what info you have already but the details here were found on the internet. This is the pilot who shot down PB209. Posted on 16 December 2021 - 7:39 pm by . Can anyone tell me anything about a crew of 4 all killed and buried in a civilian cemetery Aadum, Denmark. They were all temporarily buried at the temporary cemetery in Cambridge, and 3 from this crew remain here in the permanent cemetery, 4 including SSgt Logan were repatriated back to the United States. When reaching the British coast however, Hubbard no longer was able to keep his a/c in the air any longer and ordened his crew to bail out as quick as possible. Ian. Seattle Times staff reporter. Dr Wigram was our GP. Approximate location, date such as time of year, the name of the pilot, anything from memory such as stories you heard from your father or other family anything like that could help enormously. Where might I find that info? Id love it now, in fact. A researcher, @clapos (his internet forum and twitter alias, as he has asked www.ww2wrecks.com not to reveal his real name), has done a thorough research and located on Google Earth the exact locations of dozens of WW2 aircraft wrecks all over the Globe, both Allied, as well as Axis ones. The pilot flying blind bailed out at low level 3 miles out. Richard. geograph for square SP5345. Whos remains and war commissions grave is at Wymeswold cemetery Details. Crashsites. Thank you. Its website states that it has established cooperation between the Aircraft Recovery Group 1940-1945 (ARG) and the foundation CRASH '40-'45. Sgt Leroy L. Logan, engineer / upper turret gunner, killed Looking for information for a crashed plane in the area of stocking farm mowacre hill Beaumont leys, in Leicester, what I have to go on is that it was a Wellington with American crew around about April 1942 theres always been rumours of a crash but no evidence Ive seen, hoping to share the details with a local site to put rumours to rest, any help be appreciated thanks. Any chance this could have been a Spitfire with a Canadian pilot who crashed near combe, Woodstock? Does anyone have info on the crash of an Albemarle in the fields just below the Westbury White Horse in Wiltshire. Looking for information on Sergeant Walter Thompson service number 1066764 died 5th June 1942 buried in Bergen General Cemetery. When you click the 'Print' button below, a PDF version of the current map will be produced. The info I have is that Uncle Roy died April 21, 1944. Researchers in Germany are investigating the loss of RAF Lancaster PB209, 156 Pathfinder Squad. When I was a schoolboy in the 40s (I,m in my eighties now) and attended Margaretting C E school in Essex. His godson still lives in Curry Wood Gerald Brooks another well known and long-established Halstead family. Thank you. I have been told Walter was air crew (possibly Wellington) shot down over Holland. Your memory of the exact spot is interesting, but I have not been able to find any air crashes at Holmes Chapel from around that time. NEW KENT This Thursday marks the 71st anniversary of one of the most tragic, yet mysterious plane crashes in New Kent County history. Later I lived in Stonehouse Road and occasionally attended Evensong at St.Margarets. See map. Student . Can you confirm if this is the accident or give me any more details thank you. Hi Roger To Sarah Rushen While he was traning another pilot. But there seems to be some doubt about this Wittering crash. All crew were killed. AIRFIELDS. I had a hunch that the plane might have come from Podington in Beds, now the site of the race track Santa Pod.I Corresponded with Dearborn about this,but there was no way of getting to the site. I worked at Glemham House (not Hall) for Lord and Lady Cranbroke and if I recall correctly there is a propellor blade embedded in the ground at the site where a plane crashed as a memorial ( On private land just inside the perimeter wall beside New Road) approx grid reference TM 34193 61657. We also saw the jail were the crew was taken after capture. If you are interested you will find said photos under the name of Shazams Navigator Lt Richard Angert. Sad to read of your mums recent passing. Any help would be appreciated, Our uncles were killed in the same crash.Family lore says the aircraft (possibly L4323) was attempting a spiral manoeuvre before crashing. A highly decorated pilot returned to the uk 3 months later and was shot down and killed over Kent . Dad lived in Beldam Haw in the 1930s and 40s, firstly in no. Ian, Hi Where: Blodgett Peak When: Crashed in a cloud bank Feb. 23, 1943, en route from Pueblo to Denver Casualties: Two To get there: Climb Blodgett Peak, then descend 800 feet down the northwest ridge. Granpa Towler sometimes officiated at Evensong at the Otford Lane Mission., after 1954. He had survived many missions over Germany and Occupied Europe but apparently was killed while doing some training flights, possibly in the Salop area. I went home to UK after 35 years in Australia and noted a grave site at St Pauls Church Hooton. Other than that, all I can suggest is the usual approaches which you may have already made or considered; a trawl though the mircrofilm archived local newpapers of the time at the local library is time consuming but can turn up all sorts of stuff. remember avro anson crashing from walney airfield in field next to where i live avon street killing all crew .i believe two brothers were with them .1942 ? 1. Thanks for taking the time to respond to my initial inquiry. These sites are not protected in any way but anyone finding items would have the sense and good manners to inform the local RAF base and let them take it from there, easiest way around that. Above the target area they all of the sudden heard a big bang right underneath their a/c and pilot Hubbard told them to check the instrument etc., but all seemed to be OK. http://www.americanairmuseum.com/aircraft/12924. Sorry I didnt mention this before. Anything would be most appreciated. Bruntingthorpe, Bitteswell ( now Magna Park ) and Rearsby were used for new aircraft storage. The extra survivor is listed as your uncle, so we can safely conclude that is incorrect and also that your uncle Roy died in the crash so the date you have is of both the crash and his death. Archivist . This map was created by a user. The database has information on over 300,000 sites around the world. On the 16th June 1955 whilst flying in a four aircraft formation XD712 broke up in mid air killing the pilot Flying Officer Lawrence Michael Percival Harryman. Best wishes, Parts of the plane fell in the vicinity of the field at Glatton. Could you please get in contact? It is titled I Join The Fray. Hi Ian, thank you for the prompt reply. Ive also spoken with the daughter of John Vardy so it looks like three families of the original crew are now joined up and in contact, which is great news. The work of the 'wreckologists' who dig up crashed World War II aircraft. 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